1From George Washington to Lund Washington, 24-26 February 1779 (Washington Papers)
I wrote to you by the last post, but in so hasty a manner as not to be so full and clear as the importance of the subject might require. In truth, I find myself at a loss to do it to my own satisfaction in this hour of more leisure & thought, because it is a matter of much importance and requires a good deal of judgment & foresight to time things in such a way, as to answer the purposes I have...